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    Home » Appetizers

    Mom's Easy Cheese Ball Recipe

    Published: Dec 14, 2008 Last updated: Mar 23, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    A festive holiday tradition, Mom's Easy Cheese Ball Recipe is savory treat full of incredible flavor. It is made with hard boiled eggs, cheese, crackers, olives, peppers, and mayonnaise for a delicious appetizer recipe perfect for Christmas or New Year's Eve parties. It is also a great addition to potlucks and game day events.
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    Mom's Cheese Ball Recipe is an easy appetizer recipe that is packed with cheese, hard boiled eggs, olives giving it great flavor. It can be shaped into a ball or cheese log, this easy cheese ball recipe makes a gorgeous classic holiday appetizer or a good cheese ball for your next party.

    This is the best cheese ball and it was always one of the favorite appetizers the whole family looked forward to at holiday gatherings. Mom made this recipe for every Christmas Eve holiday party we had with Dad's family and it still is a an absolute must make recipe for any holiday party.

    Overhead view of Mom's easy cheese ball recipe on a Christmas plate with butter crackers to the left of the cheese ball.
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    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Top Tip
    • 🙋 FAQ's
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 🏫 The last word
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    ✔️ This homemade cheeseball is a super easy appetizer and can be made up to 4 days ahead of time.

    ✔️ You get the perfect blend of flavor and an added boost of protein with the hard boiled eggs, olives, and pimento as an ingredient.

    ✔️ It is easy to make a double batch for larger gatherings.

    Ingredients for easy cheese ball recipe set out on a work surface.

    🥘 Ingredients

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    Shredded Cheese: Sharp cheddar cheese has the best flavor for this type of recipe. It is strong, bold, and firm.

    Hard boiled eggs: this is part of the main ingredients in this recipe that gives it incredible flavor.

    Red bell pepper

    Onion

    Green Olives with pimentos, a cheese ball with olives and pimento adds that green and red festive look!

    Saltine crackers, works with the mayonnaise to bind the cheese ball together.

    Mayonnaise, feel free to use regular or low fat mayonnaise.

    Mashed hard boiled egg, onions, pimentos, and green olives in a mixing bowl.

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Add the grated cheese to a large mixing bowl. Add the onion, peppers, olives, pimentos, egg, crackers, and salt. Stir to combine
    2. With a wooden spoon, stir the mayonnaise to the cheese mixture and stir to combine.
    3. Shape cheese ball mixture into a ball shape or cheese log and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Roll cheese ball or log after wrapping to make uniform and refrigerate.
    Ingredients for Mom's Easy Cheese Ball Recipe in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon with measured mayonnaise in a yellow cup above it.

    🥄 Equipment

    • Box shredder
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Wooden spoon
    • Rubber spatula
    • Plastic wrap

    🥫Storage

    Store cheese balls in the fridge wrapped in plastic wrap or wax paper in an airtight freezer bag up to 5 days.

    Mom's Easy Cheese Ball recipe spread on a buttery cracker on a white plate with holly print on the plate.

    📖 Variations

    • After shaping, roll cheese ball in chopped pecans and or chopped bacon bits. Wrap and refrigerate.
    • Use ½ teaspoon onion powder in place of the onion, or substitute with 2 tablespoons of green onions.
    • Add ½ cup crumbled blue cheese for a tangy bite.
    • Use black olives in place of the green olives and pimentos.
    • Add 2 tablespoons minced jalapeno pepper in place of the bell pepper.

    💭 Top Tip

    • Don't use bagged pre-shredded cheese. To get the best flavor and texture, you will want to shred your own cheese using a box shredder.
    Overhead photo of easy cheese ball recipe with quartered green olives on top in a star shape and snowman cheese spreader in the cheese ball.

    🙋 FAQ's

    Can you freeze a homemade cheeseball?

    For the most part, yes. However because of the type of ingredients used to make this particular recipe, I do not recommend doing so.

    Can you substitute sour cream for the mayonnaise?

    Yes, but expect the flavor to change. While sour cream and mayonnaise will perform the same function in this recipe, they both have very different distinct flavors.

    📚 Related Recipes

    Pimento Cheese Tea Sandwiches

    Mom's Italian Style Deviled Eggs

    Pimento Cheese Burgers - Keto Low Carb

    Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe

    A side view of cheese ball recipe.

    🍽 Serve with...

    This cheese ball is great served with carrot and celery sticks, buttery crackers, and pita chips.

    🏫 The last word

    Unlike the classic cheese ball recipe, this one is made without cream cheese, which is great for those who don't like it.

    The saltines are important to add as they are part of what binds the cheeseball together.

    Mom's Cheese Ball

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    📖 Recipe

    Mom's Easy Cheese Ball Recipe

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    A festive holiday tradition, Mom's Easy Cheese Ball Recipe is savory treat full of incredible flavor. It is made with hard boiled eggs, cheese, crackers, olives, peppers, and mayonnaise for a delicious appetizer recipe perfect for Christmas or New Year's Eve parties. It is also a great addition to potlucks and game day events.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Refrigeration Time 12 hrs
    Total Time 12 hrs 10 mins
    Course Appetizers
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16
    Calories 98 kcal

    Equipment

    • Box shredder
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Wooden spoon
    • rubber spatula
    • Plastic wrap

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ pound grated sharp cheese
    • 2 tablespoons minced onion
    • 3 tablespoons minced green pepper
    • 5 large green olives with pimentos , chopped
    • 1 large egg , hard boiled and chopped
    • ½ cup saltine crackers , finely crushed
    • ¼ cup mayonnaise
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    Instructions
     

    • Add the grated cheese to a large mixing bowl. Add the onion, peppers, olives, pimentos, egg, crackers, and salt. Stir to combine.
    • With a wooden spoon, stir the mayonnaise to the cheese mixture and stir to combine.Shape cheese ball mixture into a ball shape or cheese log and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
    • Roll cheese ball or log in wrapping to make uniform and refrigerate for 12 hours.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 98kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 4gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 232mgPotassium: 25mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 173IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 104mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Best Cheese Ball Recipe, Easy Cheese Ball Recipe, Homemade Cheese Ball, Olive Cheese Ball
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    Comments

    1. Sue Lau

      December 19, 2016 at 1:08 pm

      Love the jalapeno!

      Reply
    2. Liz

      December 18, 2016 at 6:22 pm

      Love this tried and true family recipe! And spicing it up with some jalapenos was a terrific idea (Bill has the same palate as Grumpy :)).

      Reply
    3. Christie

      December 18, 2016 at 4:47 pm

      This looks like Nana's pimento cheese in a cheese ball! LOVE it!

      Reply
    4. Claudia Lamascolo

      December 18, 2016 at 3:49 pm

      merry christmas! we put egg in many things this is a sure winner! thank you mom and Shelby!

      Reply
    5. Caroline

      December 18, 2016 at 3:43 pm

      It's always nice to recreate family recipes, love the presentation!

      Reply
    6. Cindys Recipes and Writings

      December 18, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      I like cheese in eggs so egg in cheese balls sounds good to me!

      Reply
    7. Hezzi-D

      December 18, 2016 at 12:31 pm

      I love cheese balls! I can't wait to give this one a try, I've never had one with hard boiled egg in it!

      Reply
    8. Denise Wright

      December 18, 2016 at 6:48 am

      I've had a lot a cheese balls in my time but this really sounds unique with the egg, olives and peppers. Yum!

      Reply
    9. Linda Bouffard

      December 08, 2013 at 5:38 pm

      Yummy. Also PINNED to my Pinterest board Food. Best wishes, Linda

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      Reply
    10. Jude

      December 16, 2008 at 2:53 am

      Good stuff on crackers for sure. Mmm.

      Reply
    11. Pam

      December 15, 2008 at 5:28 pm

      Wow. I've never seen a cheese ball recipe like this. It looks delicious. I also love the serving plate - it's so cute and festive.

      Reply
    12. Robin Sue

      December 15, 2008 at 2:43 pm

      What a nice cheese ball. Sounds very much like an egg salad but in a ball form, now you can't get any better than that. Thanks for sharing! Pretty photos too, love the little plate!

      Reply
    13. Megan

      December 15, 2008 at 2:02 pm

      I have a favorite cheese ball recipe but it would be fun to (finaly) branch out and try something new! great presentation. 🙂

      Reply
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